Nina Rabin, who's also director of border research at the UA's Southwest Institute for Research on Women, co-authored the report, "Unseen Prisoners: A Report on Women in Immigration Detention Facilities in Arizona." She and a team of researchers, including law students, spent a year interviewing more than 40 detainees and their families, attorneys and service providers in an effort to learn about the condition of the detention centers and to also learn more about the prisoners, particularly where they are from and why they're being held.

A press briefing and discussion about the report, was held om Jan. 13, featuring an overview of the project, its findings and recommendations. Event speakers included Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, and Rigel Massaro, a third-year UA law student and research team member.